At a poverty alleviation meeting held in Yinchuan, capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a year ago, President Xi Jinping pointed out the significance of poverty alleviation collaboration between China's eastern and western regions. By that time, Xi had made four requirements on this work, which has injected vitality to the poverty alleviation collaboration work between the country's eastern and western regions.

Poverty alleviation collaboration between the eastern and western regions is a significant deployment of China's poverty relief work. In the past year of collaboration between the regions great achievements have been made in poverty alleviation work. Till now 267 developed eastern cities and counties have provided targeted assistance to 406 poverty-stricken counties in the western region. All 30 ethnic autonomous prefectures are covered by the poverty alleviation collaboration project, and poverty relief work in impoverished regions such as Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu and Qinghai provinces has been strengthened.